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HIRERS BEFY SOVERHGaEOTPS BA0K T ttORK -ORDER: pickets ordered to olose flinoH-uRioa mines 1 . Sen. George Asks $6 Billion Whack In Truman Budget Washington, Feb. 13 (U.R) Sen. Walter F. George, (D., Ga.) called for a $6,000,000,000 cut in President Truman's budget today to keep the nation's economy on an even keel. George, a chairman of the sen ate finance committee, previous ly had favored a $3,000,000,000 reduction. But after a second look at Mr. Truman's spending proposals, he said the figure Ccould be doubled. Discussion Refused He refused to discuss details of his new proposal, but he made Airline Hearing To Be Held In Salem March 13 The Jackson County Chamber of Commerce was notified today that the civil aeronautics board hearing on extension of West Coast airlines' operating certi ficate has been set for March 1 at the Salem Chamber of Com merce. The hearing will then be recessed until March 13 when further sessions to consider the case will be held in Washington D. C. The dicision of the CAB to hold at least a portion of the hearing in the area immediately concerned is regarded as a con cession to Oregon and Washing ton communities which would be unable to state their cases if the hearings were all held in Washington D. C. The Jackson county court and the chamber of commerce here have been ad mitted as parties to the hearing. Service Considered Up for consideration at the hearings are possible suspension of West Coast's service at Mc Minnville, Ore., and Everett, Anacortes, and Mt. Vernon in Washington because of lack of traffic: suspension of service- to Port Townsend. Kelso, Roseburg, and Grants Pass because of lack of airport facilities, and the pos sibility of placing Salem and Klamath Falls on West Coast routes instead of United's. The chamber of commerce and the county court have interven ed in the interest of scheduled air service from Medford to Klamath Falls. It is expected that representatives from here will appear at the Salem phase of the hearing. Sisters Save 25 Students From Fire Alhanv Ore.. Feb. 13 (U.R) Catholic sisters led some 25 St. Mary's parochial school board ing students to safety last night when fire broke out in a laun dry room and filled the three story structure with smoke. Janitor George Bcntz spread the alarm after he noticed the blaze in the basement at about 11 p. m. The Catholic sisters routed the boarding students, between the ages of 6 and 14, from the third story dormitory and marched them down the main stairway. Firemen blamed defective wiring for the fire. Decision Reversed P,ofs' Association Charges CAB With Faultv Investigation Washington, Feb. 13 (U.R) The Air Lines Pilots' association todav accused the civil aeronaut ics board of "faulty and im proper" investigation of air crashes. Association President David L. Behncke told a house transport ation sub-committee that this has resulted in continued loss of life in commercial aviation. Behncke urged that congress re-establish the independent air safety board to replace what he called the present "loosely, knit, improper, faulty and non-independent pattern of investigating air accidents." The air safety board was abolished in 1940 in a reorganization. Volunteers Plentiful For Warning Service Portland, Ore., Feb. 13 lU.R) Volunteers were plentiful today for Oregon's proposed new ground observation and air raid warning service. Gov Douglas McKay yester day ordered reactivation of the state's plane-spotting organiza tion and called for 6.000 volun teers to main towers and plot boards. Edward H. Tolan, chief of the air raid warning ana aircran observation division, will head the drive to recruit observers and filter-post attendants. Kansas City. Mo.. Feb. 13 V.r. I1UII UUluun u i,aii la., will head the Poultry and Egg National board for another term. it clear that he believed a sub stantial saving should be made on foreign aid. "We should give reasonable aid where it can be given effec tively," George said, "but pri marily we should create a sound economy in America. "If that isn't done, the whole world is going to collapse any how. A sound economy here is our first line of defense." By upping his proposed bud get cut. George joined Sen. Har ry F. Byrd (D., Va.) in urging a $36,000,000,000 ceiling on spending during the 1951 fiscal year. Mr. Truman's budget calls for $42,400,000,000. Chairman Clarence Cannon, (D., Mo.) of the house-senate budget committee made it clear that nothing would be done this year to carry out budget provi sion of the congressional reor ganization act. To Submit Report The provision requires the committee to submit a report by next Wednesday estimating gov ernment income and spending for fiscal 1951 and recommend ing a ceiling on appropriations. Congress made faltering at tempts to comply in 1947 and 1948 but ignored the provisions last year. George recommended that his $3,000,000,000 cut was proposed a month ago. He added that he now thought congress could trim the president's budget by $6,000, 000,00. A $36,000,000,000 bud get still would exceed total fed eral spending for the 1948 fiscal year by more than $1,000,000,-000. Lincoln Club To Dine Here Today Sen. George W. Malone, of Nevada, will speak at the annual banquet of the Jackson County Lincoln club at 6:30 p.m. today, In the Pioneer room of the Jack son hotel. Senator Malone, who is on a speaking trip through the west ern states, will be heard in Klamath Falls tomorrow. Sub ject of his talk here today has not been announced, but Lin coln club officers say he is an outstanding speaker, and is well informed on current political developments. Many To Attend A capacity audience is expect ed to attend the dinner. The speaker will be introduced by Frank Van Dyke, Medford at torney, and speaker of the Ore gon nouse of representatives. Committee members who have made arrangements for the din ner include Murray Gardiner, president of the club, and Curtis Hopkins. Mrs. G. O. D'Albini. Mrs. M. Allison Moulton, Henry Enders, Mrs. Kenneth Denman, Don Newbury and Warren G. Lesscg. Russia Said Ahead In Guided Missile Work Washington, Feb. 13 (U.R) Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson (D.. Tex.), said today that the Soviet union is at least two years ahead of this country in developing guided missiles. He said the United States has yet to develop an adequate guiaea missile. Johnson, a member of the sen ate armed services committee, said the guided missile program has been delegated ' to an "obscure" item of the budget. Each branch of the service, he said, has a program "but as yet no really worthwhile guided missile." "If a guided missile warfare should begin within the next two or three years, we, at our oresent rate, would be very feeble participants." he told a press conference. "For push-button warfare, we have neither the push nor the button." Einstein Fears Annihilation Of Mankind In Bomb Race New York, Feb. 13 4J.R) Physicist Albert Einstein, who made the atom and hydrogen bombs theoretically possible, fears that the United States and Russia may "annihilate' 'all man kind in their race to perfect the H-bomb. The famed physicist said yes terday that the only way that man now can find per ee is through a "supra-national judi cial and executive body" to be set up and empowered to decide questions concerning the secur ity of all nations. Dr. Einstein voiced his warn ing that the "hysterical" arma ments race between the U. S. -nd Russia would doom man on :lie premiere of the weekly tele vision i h o w of Mrs. Eleanor I v . Medford 44th Year 10 Pages At Least 46 Killed By Tornadoes I 0 - I N I - if. ... JLTS3M ,v&M.juJttM4'.. .. 1 n-n",,,,,, .r-,,; 'Acme Telephotoi COAL INJUNCTION Federal Judge Richmond B. Keech examines the temporary 10-day Injunction he signed in Washington, D. C, or dering John L. Lewis to drop his "illegal" contract demands on coal operators and send 400,000 striking miners back to work. The no trike order is the first step in getting United Mine Workers back to work for about 80 days. High Court- Upholds Ban On Hiring Halls Washington Feb: 13 (U.R) The supreme court refused to day to review a lower court rul ing which outlaws union hiring halls that discriminate against non-union members. Such discriminatory practices are forbidden under the Taft Hartley law ban against the closed shop. Ruling Stands The tribunal's refusal means that the lower court's ruling stands. That ruling upheld a na tional labor relations board or der forbidding seamen's hiring halls as they operate in the Great Lakes area. One expert said the action the first by the court involving this aspect of the Taft-Hartley law in effect outlaws any un ion hiring hall which operates so as to discriminate against non-union members. The supreme court itself is sued no written opinion, dui simply refused an appeal by the National Maritime union tor review. In another labor case, the court ruled that the Wisconsin labor board overstepped its authority in an unfair labor practices case over which the NLRB has jurisdiction. Search Continues For Navy Flying Boat Corpus Christi, Tex., Feb. 13 (U.R) Aerial search continued over the Gulf of Mexico for the third day today for a navy fly ing boat that vanished Friday carrying nine men. Seventeen search planes swept over vast expanses of the gulf from Brownsville to the Missis sippi area yesterday. They set down at dusK wim no iuck. The search was spurred by knowledge that, under certain conditions, the twin-engine miss ing plane still could be afloat and the men safe. Roosevelt on the NBC network. He expressed his views on sound film made at his Princeton, N. J., home. The othpr government offi cials, A-bomb experts and edu cators who were on the program last night appeared with Mrs. Roosevelt in person. They took a brighter view of the future of atomic energy than Einstein who said the hydrogen bomb could poison the atmosphere and anni hilate all life on earth. Einstein said the armament race between the two nations, "originally supposed to be a pre ventative measure, assumes hys terical character on both sides." He called the "means to mass destruction" through the H-bomb now a "probably attainable goal." MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY Accordingly,- it reversed the dink: Wisconsin supreme court which naa Dacned tlie state board. In a brief order without writ ten opinions the tribunal held that unfair labor practices banned by both state and fed eral law may not be remedied by a state board in industries in interstate commerce. No dis sents were noted. AEC Security Officers Die In Airplane Crash Albuquerque, N. M., Feb. 13 (U.R) A plane carrying material for the atomic energy commis sion rammed into a mesa near its landing strip when the pilot lost his bearings in a heavy overcast, an investigation indi cated today. The pilot and two AEC secur ity officers were killed instantly when the twin-engine plane ex ploded and burned. Civil aeronautics administra tion investigators said Pilot Hugh H. Williams Jr., of Albu querque, reported "normal con ditions" as he made his landing approach Saturday night. The wreckage, however, was found two miles west of where the plane would normally be in the traffic pattern, a CAA inspector said. AEC officials at Sante Fe. identified the two passengers as Kobert F. Purcell, 31, of Love- land, Colo., and Warren C. Flesh man, 29, of Watonda, Okla. Both were assigned to Los Alamos. Highways Glazed In Midwestern States Chicago, Feb. 13 (U.R) Mo torists in a half-dozen midwest ern states found highways glazed by a slick coating of snow or sleet today, and Indiana resi dents watched their major riv ers rise slowly after a heavy rain. Iowans dug their roads free of a snow blanket 11 inches deep at some points. From the Dakotas to southern New York and south to the Gulf of Mexico, snow, sleet or rain slowed motor traf fic and at some points inter fered with air operations. Some Indiana rivers have been above flood stage for 44 days, and Paul A. Miller, chief met eorologist at the Indianapolis weather bureau, predicted "quite high crests" in the next week over the lowest West Fork and the mam White River. WEATHER FORECAST: Cloudy and mild oenslonal llfhl rain tonight and Tuesday. Temp. Hifheit Yeiterdar Lowest this Morning 33 Prec. to 4:30 A.M. Today, Trace Three Southern States In Path of Winter's Most Disastrous Blow Shrevcport, La., Feb. 13 (U.R) Tornadoes that hammered three southern states with winter's most disastrous blow today and Sunday killed at least 46 per sons, injured hundreds and left scattered communities in shambles. Louisiana counted 28 dead, Texas 9 and Tennessee 9, includ ing an entire farm family of 8. Waters Add To Misery Still-rising flood waters add- Central Point Girl Takes Own Life, Coroner Reports Donna Jean Lowry, 26, of 220 North Fourth street, Central Point, apparently took her own life with a .22 caliber pistol ear ly yesterday morning, according to Coroner Carlos Morris and state police. Morris said the young woman died instantly from a wound to the heart. No motive was re vealed. The coroner said he was told that Miss Lowry and a compan ion, George S. Hutchins, of Med ford, went to the home of friends when he cot off work at the Pioneer, club, in Central Point about midnight. They returned to Miss Lowry s home between and 6 a.m. Fires Shot The woman went to a bedroom closet, got the loaded pistol and the shot was fired seconds after she left the room, Morris said he was informed. Police said that Hutchins is being held in the county jail on a charge of lewd cohabitation. Miss Lowry was a lormer mem ber of the women's army corps and served 18 months in uer many. She had been residing with her Darents. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Lowry. Conger-Morris funeral home has charge of fu neral arrangements. Congress Asked To Tighten On Schools Wnshinnlon. Feb. 13 (U.R) President Truman today asked congress to tighten up on vet erans' trade and vocational schools which are costing th' government nearly $3 billion i vear. The president asKca assurance that veterans gel good quai itv" vocational training which will lead to satisfactory jobs. He urged an end to abuses of the training nroeram through schools which fail to equip vet erans for any real trade. Ren. John Tabcr (R., N.Y.) said earlier that the taxpayers are being gypped out of at least $1 billion bv schools that paid their GI training bills ,to the government. The president's special mes sage to the house and senate was based on a study made by Carl R. Gray Jr., veterans adminis trator, and Budget Director Frank Pace. Rainstorm Continues To Roll Over Oregon Portland, Ore., Feb. 13 (U.R) More rain was forecast today for a thoroughly wet Oregon. A week-end storm continued to roll over the coast, with small craft warnings ordered up in place of storm warnings from Cape Blanco, Ore., north to Ta toosh Island, Wash. Snowbanks in most valley areas were all melted away un der the falling rain and some county roads, raised by the big freeze, were being pounded to pieces by the weight of autos. Portland had .72 of an inch of rain at the airport while the storm dwindled out to mere cloudiness at Medford in the 24 hours ended this morning. Eu gene reported .23 and Rose burg .02. Rough water at the mouth of the Columbia river delayed a few ship crossings for about an hour early today. Salem, Ore., Feb. 13 U.R) The state capitol, the stale of fice building and the supreme court were closed today in ob servance of Lincoln's birthday. iRIBUNE 13, 1950 No. 274 ed to the misery and loss of life in three states. The Red Cross evacuated more than 3,000 low landers in Mississippi and Lou isiana. Three persons were drowned in Aarkansas flood waters. Tornadoes rampaged through sections of Texas and Louisiana Sunday. Then a new tornado hurtled out of the skies before dawn today. Authorities have not had time to add up the property damage but it was expected to be hun dreds of thousands of dollars. In Louisiana alone, the Red Cross said it would likely be more than $500,000. Communications Fail Failure of communications hampered rescue efforts. Tele phone, telegraph and power lines were stripped from poles and dangled idly in the calm that followed the mighty storms. Victims of the freakish weath er that hedge-hopped through cast Texas, northwest Louisiana and west Tennessee included the Wilson Carroll family who ap parently died in their sleep when a twister roared into the little west Tennessee community of Hurricane Hill before dawn. The bodies of the mother, father and their six children were found by rescue workers. Their bodies were badly bat tered. Their home was in ruins about them, Mother Strangles Infant With Hands Mcdficld. Mass., Feb. 13 (U.R) A young mother strangled her baby daughter with her hands today and then thrust the dead infant into a bathroom wash basin, police said. Mrs. Marion de Vou. 31, es tranged wife of a Boston engin eer, was quoted by ponce as saving: "I know what I've done, and I expect to be electrocuted for it." She did not explain her motive. First reoorts were that two- months-old Elizabeth de Vou had been drowned In the basin. But an autopsy showed the child was strangled. The baby's twin sister died soon after birth last December. Mrs. de Vou stood mute in Dcdham district court when ar raigned on a murder charge. Time Said Not Ripe For Talks With Russ Washington, Feb. 13 (U.R)- Former Undersecretary of State Will L. Clayton told senators today that there is no point in negotiating with Russia now. "We haven t time to take steps that we know in advance will fall," he said. Clayton appeared before a senate foreign relations subcom mittee to urge American leader ship in formation of an Atlan tic union of democracies, which he said was necessary if a third world war is to be avoided. Under questioning by Sen. H. Alexander Smith (R., N. J.) Clay ton said he agreed with Secre tary of Stale Dean Acheron's statement last week about the futility of negotiating with the Soviet union. "I agree there Is no use of ne- cotiating with Russia except as agreements register a state of facts, he said. President Said Eyeing Elections Of 1952 Washington. Feb. 13 (U.R) One of President Truman's chief California supporters said after a White House conference today that the chief executive is talk ing about running for reelection in 1952. The nresident chatted briefly with George Luckcy of Los An geles, vice chairman of tne Cal ifornia democratic central com mittee. Luckev told newsmen that he informed the president that he wanted him to run again. "What did he say?" reporters asked. "He said maybe so." Luckey answered. "He said that if we have the ;nn.e team together again maybe we could do some thing." yv ' unL. (Acme Telephoto) HURLED TO DEATH John Har ris, 28, purser of a Pan American Airways stratocrulser, was hurled to almost certain death when he was sucked out of the plane while trying to close a door that blew open. The plane was flying at 10.000 feet about 20 miles from New York's Idlewlld Airport, approach ing for a landing. Purchase Of KMED Cofingent Upon Approval Of NBC Completion of negotiations for the sale of radio station KMED is contingent upon a favorable re port from National Broadcast ing company officials, it was said today by one of the three pros pective purchasers. Reports of the sale published today in a Portland newspaper are "prema ture," it was said. Discussions concerning the sale have been under way for some time between Mrs. Blanche Virgin Randle. and a partnership composed of W. Garland Jones, Alfred S. V. Carpenter and Har low Carpenter. Jones said today that the sales agreement will not go into effect unless NBC re ports favorably on the proposed sale. Alfred Carpenter Is In Los Angeles today conferring with NBC, Jones' reported1. The sale also must be approved by the federal communications commis sion, as Is the case in the sale of all commercial radio stations. Price $290,000 Mrs. Randle, owner and oper ator of the station had an nounced the sale Sunday. Sales price has been agreed upon at $290,000. Jones said this morning that any changes In policy or person nel at the station will not he an nounced until after the sale is completed. KMED is the oldest radio sta tion in southern Oregon, and was founded by W. J. Virgin, Mrs. Randle's late husband, in 1926. Several attempts have been made to purchase the station, once by Luther Gibson, California pub lisher and radio station operator, and once by a corporation formed by Medford businessmen. In each instance, the sale was upheld by the FCC. John Ager Bailed Out On Drunkenness Charge Hollywood. Feb. 13 (U.R) Handsome John Agar, former husband of Shirley Temple, was released on $150 bail today aft er pounding on the doors of his jail cell and shouting that a drunk driving charge would "ruin my whole life." Jacksonville Museum Opening Draws 500 Inspection day at the old courthouse building in Jackson ville, sponsored yesterday Dy me South Vji Oregon Historical So ciety, Inc., drew about 500 visit ors from all parts of the Rogue river valley and from nonnern California. Conversion of the historic building into a museum has been underway for the past two months and the Inspection day was set so that those interested in the protect might see what progress has been made. Those who attended appeared to be pleased with the renovation program. It is expected mat another two months will be re quired to complete the work. Start At Noon The visitors, who began arriv ing about noon and continued to visit the building up to 5 p.m., included members of the county courts, representatives of the press from all parts of the sec tion, antique dealers, and col lectors, many descendants of pioneer families, members of historical groups and citizens in terested In southern Oregon his tory and in the museum project. The guest bonk also listed a number of out-of-state visitors who happened to be in the valley at this time. The event also commemorated historical events In connection with Lincoln's birthday, and the 91st anniversary of Oregon's ad mission to the union, whi"h will be observed bv the state Tues day, February 14, Major Soft Coal Pits Over Nation Closed By Union Three Men Beaten By Raiding Pickets . Pittsburgh, Feb. 13 U.R) Jonn L,. Lewis' United Ml Workers today defied President I ruman s court order outlawing the coal strike and sent picket into the fields to close non-union mines. The strikers closed all major soft coal pits across the nation and then moved against the smaller non-union pits in Penn sylvania and West Virginia. Men Beaten At Richwood, W. Va., Sheriff John Bell said a band of about J00 pickets raided the Donegan Coal & Coke mine and beat three men. Pennsylvania state police re ported pickets out in force, "re questing" all mines to close. In Armstrong county, the trooperi sent in reserves as a 100-car caravan of pickets started a fo ray through the mine districts, rhey sought to intercept the band and break it up. The police said the pickets had succeeded in rlncina .- operations. Other UMW mem bers simply stayed at home awaiting the government's next move. There was no indication, however, of immediate new ac tion. Officials Optimistic Government offirial. Ultra optimistic that a back-te-work move would develop within a few days. Thev nnininrf n,,t ti,t yesterday was Lewis' 70th birth day and that last year the min ers stayed home in celebration of their president's anniversary. "u, mm was me rirst time Lewis' birthday brought a shutdown and the current dis pute alreadv was hrnurinn Tk day is not an official contract nuiiimy in me son coal mines. The miners were not in a holi day mood. They bitterly de pounced President Truman'i iii-ii,uucy injunction action. . "Lewis' birthdav or nnl John Bell, Unio'ntown. Pa. miner, declared. "I don't work until we get a contract." Demands Said Upped It was reported in Washing ton, that Lewis has -upped his wage and welfare fund de mands. In the so-called "Ken lucky" agreements Lewis signed with a few independent opera tors, wages were boosted OH rents to $15 a day and welfare funds royalties raised from 20 cents a ton to 35. UMW sources indicated Lewis was readv to ask 15.50 a riav and 40 cents a ton when negoia lions resume at the govern ment's direction. Famed Author Dies In Switzerland Adclboden. Switzerland. Feb. 13 (U.R) Writer Rafael Saba. linl, 75, dramatist and master of the swashbuckling romantic novel, died today at a hotel here. Cqkntinl .Un I I I 1,1 uDuoutii, wiiu uuu ucen 111 for several years with stomach ulcers, suffered a hemorrhage early this morning. The author of "Scaramouche" and "Captain Blood" started his writing career on the staff of a Liverpool newspaper and wrote more than a score of novels, many of which reached the best seller lists. His novels, on which he spent many hours of research, includ ed: The Sea Hawk, The Black Swan, Chivalry and The Sword of Islam. The auditorium of the build ing was decorated with a large valentine made by Venita Daley of Medford. It enclosed an an tique picture of Abraham Lin coln, surrounded by a small : heart framing a picture of Gen eral Joseph Lane, first territor ial governor and military leader of Oregon and first United States senator of the new 33rd state "ted bv congress February 14, . 1859, Two other small hearts framed pictures of John Whitaker, first governor of the state and the ; seal of the state. An antique val cntine and its small lacy envel ope graced the point. It was shot through by a dart with a real southern Oregon Indian spear point. Cloth Art Shown To the left and near the val entine hung a large colored cloth art drawing of Oregon's In dian heroine, Sacajawea, who led ' Captain Meriwether Lewis and William Clark over the Rocky mountains and down the Colum bia' to the Pacific ocean, where they camped at Clatsop beach in February 1806; to the right hung an ancient Indian mat made in their design which represent ed Oregon's Indians of many tribes, and the bow of southern Oregon's own Chief Schonchin II. The picture of Lincoln, the antique small valentine and Chief Schonchin s bow were . loans from Clarence Lane of ' Ashland, - is
